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UNITED STATES PATENT Gimme- EDGAR F. M. SPIES, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358.367, dated February 22, 1887.

Application filed July 9, 1885. Serial No. 1711i. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, EDGAR F. M. Series, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Childrens Bibs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bibs for children. i

The object of the invention is to provide a bib having a waste receptacle or pocket extending entirely across its front, and so arranged that said pocket will catch and retain any food or drink that may be dropped in feeding the child.

The invention is illustrated in the accent panying drawings, in which-'- Figure 1 is a view of the blank or a pattern of the fabric from which the bib is made. Fig. '2 is a view of the pocket-stiffener. Fig. 3 is a back view of the bib. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line 00 ac. Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line y 3 Fig. 6 is aperspective front View of the bib.

The bib may be made of any suitable material adapted to resist water-such as oil-cloth, enamel-cloth, or rubber cloth. The front or chest part, A, and the neck part b or fastening may have any usual or desired form. At the bottom of the usual front part and continuous therewith (see Fig. 1) is the front side, 0, of the receptacle or pocket, and a flap, d, is below said front side. In the present instance the blank or pattern on the opposite edges, where the sides of the receptacle or pocket come, is cut V shape, as at e, and the front side, 0, of the pocket folds up against the chest part on a line at the narrowest point between the two V-shaped cuts. The line of this fold thereby constitutes the bottom of the pocket. The front side of the pocket-,measured across at its Widest point, e, is broader will be to spring or bow outward the top of 4 side thereof, forming the part c, and a flap,d, ICO

than the widest part, c", of the chest-front. This grea ter'breadth isindicated by the broken line near each end of the pocket-front side. When the pocket-front side 0, having a greater breadth, as stated, is folded up against the chest part A, and the points 0 are brought exactly coincident with the points 0 the effect size of the front side of the pocket, and is cemented thereto on the back surface, so that when the pocket-front side is folded up against the chest part said stiffener will be outermost, and the stiffener is covered and hidden from view by the flap d, which may be cemented against the stiffener. This flap may be scalloped or bound on the edge, or otherwise ornamented in any desired way. The clamps f each consist of a strip of sheet metal folded lengthwise. (See Figs. 3 and 5.) One of these bind and securely hold each side of the pocket, including the ends of the stiffener. It will thus be seen [that when the pocket-front is sprung or bowed outward from the chest 'part it has sufficient stiffness to retain its shape, and the top of the pocket is thus sufficiently spread open to catch any food or drink that may drop from the child s mouth.

From the foregoing description, and by reference to the drawings, it will be understood the pocket extends entirely across the front, and that the only seams in its construction occur at the sides, and these are each secured by a metal binding-clamp extending all along the seam. By this means the pocket is both strong and water-tight.

The advantages of a bib of this kind in protecting a childs clothing and the carpet on the floor are obvious.

Bib-pockets as heretofore made have not been provided on the front side with means to insure them to bow or spring outward from the chest part of the bib, and an improvement in this respect constitutes one feature of my invention.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- A childs bib having a V-shaped section at the lower part of the body portion upon each below and continuous with said part c, the In testimony whereof I affix my signature in corners c c of the out portion brought topresence of two witnesses. gether and the edges of the V-shaped parts secured together to form the pocket of the bib, EDGAR F. M. SPIES. 5 and a stiffener, g, secured to the part c, said part and stiifener being wider than the out \Vitnesses: part of the body portion, whereby the pocket JOHN E. MORRIS, is bowed 0r flaring, as shown and described. JNO. T. MADDOX. 

